Unit 6

Amazing Places!

Lesson 1

Reader's Notebook

Drumheller Dinosaur Dance is a read together poem.

Look at page 122 in Literacy in Action. Notice the title and the picture on this page.


Underneath the picture, you see a question: "Where would you go to see a dinosaur dance?"

You will need to use your prediction skills to help you figure out this question.

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Download the Reader's Notebook: Drumheller Dinosaur Dance worksheet.


In the first column of the chart is the title Predictions and Thoughts. Type in three or four predictions for the question "Where would you go to see a dinosaur dance?" In the second column of the chart is the title Clues I Used. Type in what clues you used to make those predictions. There is an example for each column in the document.

Leave the last column, What I Learned, blank for now.




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  1. Download the document Reader’s Notebook: Drumheller Dinosaur Dance.
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Listen or read the poem, then use these questions to help guide your answers for the last column: What I Learned. As before, write the answers in the During Reading section of the Reader's Notebook page.
This poem is set in the Badlands of Alberta because that is where the Dinosaur Museum is.
Websites

Websites

Watch this Travel Alberta Youtube video:
to help you think about the last question in the After Reading section of Reader's Notebook.

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How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Drumheller Dinosaur Dance in this format: jsmith_drumhellerdinosaurdance and save the file to your Documents folder.
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.